Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-04

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NJ. Lswis--Ia n not Ii favor Of Ia
A.sRislaiure enacslnG Las Of thAt maR
nitnds and impoksanse wishoaf Grs
saomltsina TIE proposition - vote o
A. n Gilnan-E am 10 fasar Of ws
msn EiRAls, oul not so9an snfraes.
think gonen ahanld have al she Fiehll
they desire. bat ! don's think he =
their advantage % vote, nor I don'
thlnk they - consider is
r. b AlbeFtson-Ihs decision strike,
me seEy fsvorabiy - far as tbs msrifI
o. woman Suffrage IL eonesrnsd. "a
opposed % the measare before the ex
pertinent vas tried. and ny sbssfv atisr
If the workings cf the system has.
confirmed me 10 that optimism.
=. Z. OarrDll--Ae 70 fhs eject % sks
Eeoenf deeiaisn Of fhe suurems
Conft declarina Woman snffraRs unoon-
slltutionsl, the following Is what Mr..
bishop has 20 ssy in his wnFk On @stmt
ntory Crimes" "A statute. sta&e o,
national, 10 excess Of eonssftukionaI
poser, is dsemed simply void, having
ne effect, direct o. collateral. for ans
purpose uhntsgee. Nos even like a
erroneous iudRment Fon&sred by 8 econ
petent tribunal on valid Law, Gill 4
protect a. efhocK 10 peri rmina ans
Of ~ requirements. 90 obeyinz : pro-
Gees fonHdsd upon ia
Charles y. Mundsy-lf I Gas Gov
eruor Of WashinRion Territory ] would
call 40 extra session Of the Legislature
and have thst Lac passed over eRair-
City Attorney =. H. Pe1srson-I con
car IN the decision Of the Sapreme
ConFt - 10 Is reported, that the title Of Z
statute - b found on page 80 Of the
Laws Of Washington Territory Of 1883,
An act 20 amend section $3.50, ohapssf
x3S OF the code Of Washington is un-
constitutional. The Organic Act. secsion
1894, Dr0videe that -'eYeFy lag ahalI en-
brace but one OLDEST and shaE shall b.
Expressed Ia ths tiEls." Il is clear to
me that tbs object Of the Law is not 6x
pressed IN the title. | had occasion 10
Investigate this question thoroughly in
tbs esss Of Otto w. Hartford. trustee,
decided By Jndg Greene OAeber 5,
1885. The question there vas whetheF
the title "An cot - amsnd section So Of
chapter Of the code Of WashinRton
Territory, - amended and approved
November =. 1888" vas san sisnt.
Jadge Greene held the title good uooa
- arnmmA 49, Az nkfa~e - a.. L.
uas 70 smend and that suoh 0bisct vas
clearly expressed IN the title Of the aet.
The authorities, hoWeyer, ara nearly all
Reports are found two eases than nph0ld
a title such as our Haprems Count de-
olared invalid under like pF0yiston IN
the constitution Of that state. Bat
those cases are not authority and the
reason assigned BY the judges Ia that 10
w0hid be better 10 uphold s1eh laws,
for II they decided otherwise many laws
would DO unconstitutional. Il Is my
opinion that the decision Of the So
pFeme Court has no ed scs upon the Iats
eyeept where contests we're
instituted for thai purpose. Section
3lO6 Of the code, however, renders it
almost impossible 20 make successful
contest. / DO not appFebend any tFoabIe,
however. d0n't know What the scoops
Of the Supreme Court dec sisn is. Zoe
Law nFst quoted BY title vas amended
BY "An ACT 10 amend section $3.50 Of
chapter 238 Of she code Of Washington
Territory, ns amended By 40 acs en-
titled an act TO amend section 1850 az
chapter 2s3 % the code Of Washington,
approved NOVEMBER 3, 1888" II this
latter Iitle vas decided illegal and the
former not passed upon thsn tue law
~ passed November 3, 1883 1.-THE 6rst
quoted act) would again b. IN foros IN
al declared Wild. II this be 20 ths
right Of woman auiffaQs w5nld still re-
main. Very likely shn decision covers
both acts. OF course The decision doea
not eject tbs rnefilsof wsmaa suffrage,
bat decides only a pure question OF aaW.
j. X knnear-I think the decision
teehulcal. II invalidAtes no elestiou,
aud ali Judgments will stand that have
been reached OF coarse. am IN favor
OF woman suffrage. aud am sorry tnia
deo sion has bsseu rendered.
L Jen 5mith-Fhis decision estab
lisbea the IllegAlliy Of the votes cast By
women. and any election wherein
womea participated e. voters would,
where the majority IL clearly atfFibata.
bic - such vo1es, seem % me invalid.
and the certificates Of elsctioa issued to
persons claiming snnh election 20 offioe
would be illegal. and not entiile them 10
enter such osEioe and discharge lie du
ties. What the Court would bold in q
given case iavolvlng be question is a 4
clear. | incline 10 the oplni0n that
they would hold sneh election illegal.
and refuse 10 pat the claimant ia pos
session OF the oliioe. A. 10 cases, civil
and criminal. In which women parsisl
pated a. jurors. II the ohjsesiou vas
squarely taken ~ the trial, ruled
upon BY the Court, excapaion had,
and the question thus raised Ia the ga
pFeme Court. am quite clear thst the
Supreme Court wQuld Femsnd the ease
for new trial, and IL the case wsRs not
taken 30 the SGpsemo Court and tAe
possible that Ia q prefer ease setion
might lie Ia favor Of the aegrievsd
party 10 recover Tor damages sustained
BY reason Of the illegal Judgment. OF
this AN not certain. do noi see thai
this decision Affects, ons way or the
other. recent iegisiati0a whsfetn the
title Of tue act has not expressed the
subject matter. ETC., properly. Possibly
The reasoning OF the Court may aid In
dispostng Of similar cases where defeo-
tive emitting OF the act 10 made ground
Of attack.
WHAT rHR PRoPln THmK.
FsllawinQ are come OF the expressions
81 our people in regard 10 The decision
Of zoe Suprema CouFt dsclaring the
WomAn'a Suffrage aci unconstitutional.
Geo. b. Adair-F TIE decision cults me
20 L. aud don't roo forget H.
Capt. J. A. Hatdeld-Its the best thing
that eenld have happened the Terri
tary, and 10 the ladies, also.
Colonel Scotia uoman'a plAae il 81
homs. don1 think the WOMAN SAT
frage a1t has been any bsneds 30 the
ladies. 10 I gas running for tue best
ofAcs IN the Territory, and my election
depended on my getting my wife and
sister out 10 vote. wsuld rather Be de.
feated
GaVernes Squirrel vas very much
surprised on seeing the Posr- INTELIE-
axnoNR extra, bat aon't wtsh 30 express
an opinion till / zee the full text Of tas
decision.
Caps W. X. Bailsrd-Ets splendid
n az. consider u The eeat ascisien
ever made Ia the Territory.
u NJ MoFsa-l have always feh that